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Discord between TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil on LNG in Afungi

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“Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare”

Mozambique

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The development of Cabo Delgado province's vast gas resources has brought with it the emergence of an armed insurgency, one that is yet to be clearly defined but is already impinging on Total and ExxonMobil's operations there. As the conflict worsens, President Filipe Nyusi has been prompted to seek foreign help. [...]

TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil, the two majors operating the two gas projects in Cabo Delgado, are unable to find common ground. The French company would like to reopen negotiations, unlike the American company. [...]

Published on 18/09/2023 at 05:40 GMT

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“Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare”

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Mozambique LNG, TotalEnergies
Rovuma LNG

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TotalEnergies put under pressure by ExxonMobil over Mozambique LNG

The French major, which is increasingly reticent about an early lifting of force majeure at the key Mozambican gas project, is starting to raise the hackles of its American partner.

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Two Rwandans guarding the Total Mozambique LNG Project in Afungi, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, 29 September 2022.

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TotalEnergies pleads with US EXIM Bank to release promised Mozambique LNG funding

The French major's senior management team, led by Patrick Pouyanné, is having nightmares over the financing of the two gas liquefaction trains it is having built on the Afungi Peninsula plant. Some lenders, including the US's EXIM Bank, still fear that security issues could endanger the colossal €20bn project.

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TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné in Paris on 8 January 2024.

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TotalEnergies pressured into restarting work on Mozambique LNG

French oil major TotalEnergies should end the suspense in a matter of weeks. The resumption of work on its gas liquefaction plant is now expected shortly by its numerous contractors and the Mozambican government.

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Patrick Pouyanné in Paris, 29 August 2023.

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Intelligence and military exasperated by omnipresent Rwandan forces in Cabo Delgado

The near 2,500 Rwandan soldiers and police officers deployed in Cabo Delgado province are increasingly unpopular within the Mozambican armed forces. However, they continue to have the support of the local population.

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A Rwandan soldier patrols in Mocímboa da Praia, in the Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, on 27 September 2022.

Mozambique
WBHO steams ahead on Mozambique LNG as TotalEnergies plays it safe

WBHO is pulling out all the stops at Afungi, which will soon become the largest liquefied gas processing zone in Africa. But the French major TotalEnergies, which is in charge of the development of the site, is playing it safe.

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Cabo Delgado LNG impact report troubles ExxonMobil and partners

A review of the socio-economic and humanitarian situation in the northern province has rattled the energy firms involved in the Afungi peninsula in Mozambique, where the future liquefaction trains will be located. They fear they will face increased costs if its recommendations are implemented.

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The TotalEnergies Mozambique LNG Project in Afungi in Cabo Delgado province on 29 September 2022.

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TotalEnergies and ENI barter African assets to enter Qatari gas market

The European and US energy giants learnt early on that to gain access to QatarEnergy's huge gas projects they would have to include the Qatari company in all their African and Latin American deals.

Subscribers only Energy 27.09.2022

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné and QatarEnergy CEO Saad Sherida al-Kaabi at the signing of the partnership agreement for the North Field East project in Doha, Qatar, on 12 June 2022.

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Spotlight | Mozambique TotalEnergies put under pressure by ExxonMobil over Mozambique LNG

Spotlight | Mozambique TotalEnergies pleads with US EXIM Bank to release promised Mozambique LNG funding

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Spotlight | Mozambique Intelligence and military exasperated by omnipresent Rwandan forces in Cabo Delgado

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mozambique
Discord between TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil on LNG in Afungi

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies put under pressure by ExxonMobil over Mozambique LNG

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies pleads with US EXIM Bank to release promised Mozambique LNG funding

Spotlight | Mozambique
TotalEnergies pressured into restarting work on Mozambique LNG

Spotlight | Mozambique
Intelligence and military exasperated by omnipresent Rwandan forces in Cabo Delgado

Mozambique
WBHO steams ahead on Mozambique LNG as TotalEnergies plays it safe

Spotlight | Mozambique
Cabo Delgado LNG impact report troubles ExxonMobil and partners

Spotlight | Africa
TotalEnergies and ENI barter African assets to enter Qatari gas market